Engineer Process

Kathy L. Wiemers, Ph.D.

SUMMARY

A leader who inspires leadership in others. Innovative, independent

and industrious chemist/writer with strong problem solving

capabilities, multidisciplinary team experience and excellent

communication and interpersonal skills.

SKILLS

. Time-resolved fluorescence, fluorescence anisotropy, UV-VIS

spectroscopy, quadrupole mass spectrometry, atomic absorption, FTIR,

supercritical fluids, lasers, electronics, ellipsometry, SEM, HPLC,

GC, electrochemistry, NMR

. Excel, Word, SigmaPlot, HPVEE, HTML, PowerPoint, MS Project, Access,

JMP, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat, Framemaker, Photoshop, Illustrator,

Lightroom

WORK EXPERIENCE

. Technical Writer, BDBiosciences (2010-present) - Wrote product

manuals documenting hardware and software using structured authoring

(Information Mapping). Wrote internal tutorial for MS Project. Led

projects and meetings. Completed projects on time.

. Consultant, TechProse (2009-2010) - Developed and taught technical

writing course at medical device company.

. Consultant (2006-2009) - Wrote/edited various articles and technical

reports; analyzed and recommended hydrogen fuel storage chemistry.

Writing, developing test questions for MCAT study materials and

TOEFL.

. Manager, IPG (2003-2005, 2006-2008) - Project management, business

development. Analyzed intellectual property. Determined markets for

acquired IP. Made presentations to potential buyers and licensees.

Marketing research and capital raising for startup. Analyzed IP:

chemical process for electroplating copper; MEMS, PCN module.

. Process Engineer, Adecco (Applied Materials) (2005-2006) -

Characterized semiconductor tool (etch, deposition and abatement

systems) emissions using FTIR and quadrupole mass spectrometry

(QMS). Validated equipment. Ensured quality. Ran experiments and

wrote reports for internal and external customers. Designed report

templates.

. Process Engineer, Novellus Systems, Inc. (2001-2002) - Analyzed and

solved tool problems for stripping photoresist from silicon wafers;

worked with team on hardware design to improve process development;

designed process, ensured quality. Highlighted achievements

include:

. Led and organized a multidisciplinary team in planning and

prioritizing an exhaustive approach to determine the cause of

differences between in-house system and customer's system. Result:

Satisfied customer and kept the $18M contract.

. Managed a 4-member team in developing the best recipe for

polysilicon removal. Used JMP for multifactorial design of

experiment (DOE). Measured results with ellipsometry and SEM.

Result: Developed a recipe within requirements and met deadline.

. Researcher, University of Missouri-Columbia (1996-2000) - Studied

isomerization reactions using a self-designed pico-second laser

system. Provided assistance and guidance to new group members.

Managed wet lab and instruments. Highlighted achievements include:

. Developed a new method to measure fluorescence anisotropy using

the target molecule as the reference. Designed spectrometer

system, interfaced shutter and motors with computer, and wrote

programs in HPVEE to control hardware, collect data and calculate

anisotropy and statistics. Result: Discovered a novel method for

accurately determining fluorescence anisotropy when fluorescence

spectra change over time. Presented research at PittCon 1999.

. Teaching assistant, University of Missouri (1995-1996; 1998-2000) -

Taught freshman chemistry laboratories and analytical chemistry

laboratories. Prepared lectures for recitation. Created student web

site using HTML.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry - University of Missouri-Columbia, December

2001

"Picosecond Dynamics of 4-Methanolstilbene Isomerization in Liquids

and Supercritical Fluids"

B.S. Chemistry - University of Nebraska at Kearney, 1995

B.J. News-Editorial (Journalism) - University of Nebraska-Lincoln,

1991

Engineering courses; history, English and math minors

Professional development - Landmark Education, Feb. 2007-current:

leadership and communication courses.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

. "Excited State Isomerization Kinetics of 4-(Methanol)Stilbene:

Application of the Isodielectric Kramers-Hubbard Analysis," Kathy L.

Wiemers and John F. Kauffman, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2001,

Volume 105, 823-828.

. "Dielectric Friction and Rotational Diffusion of Hydrogen Bonding

Solutes," Kathy L. Wiemers and John F. Kauffman, Journal of Physical

Chemistry A, 2000, Volume 104, 451-457.

. "Rotational Diffusion and Trans-Cis Isomerization of Substituted

Diphenyl Polyenes in the Compressible Region of Supercritical Fluids"

John F. Kauffman, Kathy Wiemers, and Mazdak Khajehpour, Proceedings of

the 16th Meeting of the International Conference on High Pressure

Science and Technology in The Review of High Pressure Science and

Technology, Vol. 7 (1998).

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